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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27
SURE TO BE BEATEN.
The "Ma<terly" Way in Which the Penn
syIvania Republicans Are Preparing
Their Party for Defeat


The "MasterIy" Way in Which the Penn
syIvanIa Republicans Are Preparing
Their Party for Defeat
With big majorities at their COM
mand the Republicans of New York
and Pennsylvania have just demon
strated that they have learned nothing
by recent National defeat. The loss of
the Presidency on their part was due
as much to the widespread popular
impression that the men at the head of
the Republican organization were
unworthy as to any other cause. 1t
was hoped by many of the boilers OF
1884 that temporary defeat would send
some OF these fellows to the rear, but
in the light of recent events in two OF
the principal States in the Union there
seems to be no reason to look for such
a result.
In New York State the assembly has
Just reelected to the Speakership the
odorous j. W. Hustled, of Westchester
County, than whom no legislator in the
last ten years has obtained more
have all been obnoxious to dccency and
uprightneSs in politics, and he never
vet gained place of prominence in
his party without encountering the
protests of the best elements thereof.
In Pennsylvania Matthew S. Quay, a
longtime henchman of the Cameron
gang, has been elected TO the United
States Senate almost without Opposi-
ton. He has been associated with all
the scandals of Republican rule in that
State for twenty years, and has on all
occasions proved himself a willing and
an efficient tool of the corrupt bosses
against whose methods the election OF
Governor Pattison in 1881 was a pro-
test. As lobbyist Quay has long been
unfavorably known to the people, and
as a politician of the most extreme and
reckless type he has commended HIM
self only to the rings which b I'VE
now concluded to give him his re-
ward. 1t was Quay who worried
hand in hand with the notorious KEN
bic in lobbying through the Pennsylva-
MIA Legislature the $4,00O,00 grab for
the alleged settlement of riot losses in
Pittsburgh. For his part in that labor
Kemble was indicted, tried, convicted
and sentenced to the penitentiary, and
it was NJ. S. Quay, who, as member
of the Board of the State, had a leso-
luton in favor of Kemble's release
ready for the Governors signature be-
fore the culprit had been removed from
the court where sentence had been
passed upon him.
In the case of Hustled a disposition to
adhere to an old and disappointed poll
tician is the worst that can be charged
against his party. In the case of Quay
the situation is different. Nothing out
a slavish submission to the dictation of
the Camerons. which would have in
duced the Legislature to select any
creature whom they might name, can
explain the elevation of such a man
to the Senate. A party so welded To
its old-time idols, smcared all over
and broken as they are, is evidently
electioneering for another licking
Chicago Herald.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27
A BOSS" U. S. Senator.

Matthew S. Quay was nominated
almost unanimously for United States
Senator by the Republican members of
the Pennsylvania Legislature in caucus
assembled. He received 153 votes to 8
for Galusha A. Grow. This fulfilled all
expectations, for there has been practi-
cally no doubt of Quay's success. He
elected the Legislature, carefully pick
ing out as candidates men who would
do his bidding. The large vote in his
favor shows what powerful boss he
was, and how completely he held the Re
publican party of Pennsylvania in his
grasp. That he has any fitness for the
office OF Senator nobody seriously
claims But he may have as much or
even more than Don Cameron. He is
a boss, pure and simple, with those ele-
ments of force which are possessed BY
all successful bosses. 1t is customary
now for the Republican press of Penn
sylvania to endeavor to surround him
with something of dignity by speaking
of him as Matthew Stanley Quay, in
stead of the familiar Matt" by which
he is always called in private life, but
+" Matt" he is and always viii be. His
election marks the lowest level yet
reached in the Republicanism of Penn
fylTania.-M =. Post. .-~-.-
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

SmaII-SouIed Republicans Who Have Been
Retained in Office MeaHly AssaiIing the
Administration.
Some fool friends of Republican ex-
chiefs of divisions at Washington whose
places have been given to supporters of
the Administration, while they have
been retained as chief clerks at salaries
but slightly less than those they have
formerly received, have for some time
back been sending slush to Republican
journals. telling how incompetent the
new chiefs are and how essential the
eX-chiefs are to the continued efficiency
of the divisions.
To a man not wholly blinded by par
tisanship, the fact that these chiefs OF
divisions have been retained in office at
good pay and have been given positions
where they are protected by the civil
service rules as long as they behave
themselves, would seem to demonstrate
the earnest desire of the Administra.
ton to reform the abuses of the
''spoiis' system. To one not affected
with this partisan obliquity of vision;
the distinction between an office which
involves immediate personal response
bility to the head of the bureau or de-
partment, and which, therefore, re-
quires personal trust and confidence,
and merely clerical position is well
marked and easily apprehended. A
head of department may very we'll
desire that his chiefs of division shall
be men upon whose fidelity he NAV
rely and who will be in sympathy with
his administrative methods, and not
the legacies of a former administration
and at the same time conscientiously
strive to enforce Civil-Servicep principles
as applied to department work gener-
ally. And when he takes pains to pro-
vide displaced eX-chiefs with good cler-
ical positions. it does not fit the Repub-
lican mouth very wei to assail him for
these acts of graciousneSS.
The statement that the Administra-
ton or any department thereof is de-
pendent upon these Republican ex-
chiefs for the efficient conduct of affairs
is simple nonsense. If they think the
Government can not get along without
them, or if they do not think their,
present pay is great enough, there is
no law whatever against their resign
ing.-DetrOH Free Press.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27
uNFuLFILLEp PROPHECIES.
The Predictions of the Blafne-Sherman- |
ifes Regarding the Country's Ruin.

The Predictions of the Blafne-sher man-
iseB Regarding the COuntry's Ruin.
Instead of showing that the predic-
tons of the Blaines and the Shcrmans
that change by the people in their
Government would bring disaster upon
all business enterprises the record Of
failures for the. last six years seems to
prove thzt the change was made just in
time to save the country from whole
sale ruin. In 1881 the number of fail
ures was 1929. In 1882 this had in
creased ID 1855. In 1888 the number
had risen to 10, 299. In 1884 there was
another increase to IL, $40, and in 1885,
the first year of the new regime, the
failures dropped to lilo, to be sue
ceeded in 1886 by another drop to TO-
J6S In che last four years of the rule
which the croakers sought to convince
the people they could not get along
without the commercial disasters near
" doubled. In the first two years OF
The new management they have de-
creased bv more than one thousand.
Probably by another two years they
will be back again to the place where
they starred in 1880.
These figures are neither new nor
surprising 10 men OF intelligence and
fairness. for the ascendancy of any
party which represents the majority of
the people viii not be injurious to their
business or any other interest, but they
need TO be hammered into the heads of
the men who have attempted to teach
the vicious doctrine that changes in
party government are apt to hurt any
body except the politicians. The proof
here submitted that things were grow
ing worse with great rapidity under
Republican, rule. and that under Dem
Ocratic rule they have improved slowly
but surely proves nothing but the pro-
pensity Of party worshippers to make
fools of themselves on very slight pro-
vocation.
If the improvement should 90 on the
Democratic Blaines and Shcrmans will
need to be warned not to make the
same mistakes that have now been
shown up in the case of their advcr-
saries. No one party is necessary to
the prosperity of the American people.
-ChicdqO Herald.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27
THEY STILL LIVE,

Three Species of Men Who Enjoy Leaping
From Moving Trains.
Railroads have been in operation in
this country for fifty years, and yet the
man who can not wait until the train
reaches the depot before he jumps off is
still at it. He doesn't seem to have
learned any thing in all this time. He
rarely waits for the train to slack up,
even before he takes his leap. 1t is
more exciting that way. He generally
selects a spot where the embankment is
very high, unless there be a lofty tres
tie from which he can go plunglng
down into a ravine or river.
He generally jumps off to save time.
He lives few streets that side of the
depot. perhaps, and in order to save
walking back he is ready to take the
chances of being carried home in an
undertaker's wagon, as he frequently is.
Yet it is remarkable how often he es-
capes serious injury. He has been
known to take the most frightful leaps
from railroad bridges in dark night,
and come off with hardly scratch.
There are other men who leap from
moving trains, but they are more ex-
cusable than the fellow above treated
of. There is the prisoner who makes a
leap for liberty. Handouts don't stop
him, and he generally prefers to 60 fly
ing, head first, through window, re-
gardless of where he may strike. If he
survives and isn't too badly crippled,
he strikes for the woods, followed some
times by the deputy sheriff who had
him in charge and who leaps after him.
Then there is the somnambulist who
jumps in his sleep. He dreams that a
collision is imminent, and running to
the platform, he makes leap for life
before the conductor can take up his
ticket.-TeraS SJtingS.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27
SMALL SELElSHNESS.
Petty Acts of Injustice Which Frequently
Make Social Life q Burden.

Petty Acts of Injustice Which Frequently
Make Social Life q Burden.
Selfishness as irritating as the grasp
inc of the best seat and best light and
best novel and first chance at book or
newspaper, can be met with at every
turn in many families; the selfishness,
let US say, that, having views on any
question conflicting with the views of
another, will give voice to those views
in season and out of season and obtrude
them even to the injury of the feelings
of others, and if not early and late in
sisting upon them, yet never failing to
read the fragment from book or jour
nal, unpleasantly supporting them. and
indulging in the audible sniff or sheer
or outspoken innuendo, if such thing
there be, on every occasion where the
indulgence is possible, selfishness
that shows consciousness of the value
of no ones views but ones own, and
treats the individuality of all others
with contempt A similar selfishness
is that which disregards engagements,
which considers the promise to be at
home certain day or fixed hour as
of no weight, besides the inconven-
fence Of keeping the engagement, and
who in this manner disturbs the house
hold arrangements by making meals
wait while servants grow impatient
and unwilling, and eyes grow tired
with watching and ears with listening,
just as much as the almost precisely
opposite selfishness insists upon
the keeping of such promises and
engagements even to the point of posi-
tive discomfort and injury to the other
party, who perhaps can not keep them
without such injury, and could be ex-
cused by one with any unseltish care.
One would find it hard to come to the
end of a statement of these small acts of
selfshness which infest the household
and hurt it through a burning sense Of
the injustice done by them; and it is
question if, with the present imperfec-
ton of human nature, we shall ever
quite escape them; they are as count
less as gnats in swarm, and as veXa-
tious. There is but one way to abate
their nuisance, and that is by fire.
quent remembrance of the existing
identity and rights in life of every
body elsa remembrance that many
a good Christian who fancies himself
dearer to his Maker than another fails
to entertain. Meanwhile, those who are
aggrieved by these selfishnesses have
the consolation of knowing that even
in the injury they endure, and the in
justice that is dealt out to them, they
are practicing self-abnegation that
bears them to loftier levels of charac-
ter than can ever be reached by those
who commit the injury, trifling though
that may be.-Harper' Bazar.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

TO say thai the President has
put the Republican Senators in 4 very
awkward position by again sending in
the name of Mr.. Matthews, is to put it
very mildly. They will now have to
cOnccCke that they love only the Repub-
lican colored man-for his vote.--AlGQ-
my Argus.
As the statistics of the year are
published they show that although
there has been Democratic Admins
tration the country has prospered. Our
esteemed Republican contemporaries.
however, are clreered by the hope that
some great national distress may come
TO the rescue of their lugubrious predic-
tons during the coming year.-N J..
H0rId
The Navy Department has or
dcrcd another trial of the Atlanta,
which, it is to be hoped, will be more
satisfactory than the first one. Little
dependence can be placed on those Re-
publican contract built vessels left as a
legacyto Secretary Whitney. We Will
have to wait for the new ships to be
constructed under the auspices of the
present Administrations ALJonY Arqus.
Oh 4 pinch, Senator Ingalls,, of
Kansas, is willing 10 admit that the ne
gro has legal right to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket, but he is positive that
one who does that things is an migrate
who does not deserve his freedom.
The negro who would suit Ingalls,, then,
would only be about half emancipated.
The men who are running the Repub-
lican party now are not those who
freed the negro.-Chtcago Herald.
What a nonentity Senator Mitch
ell, of Pennsylvania, is, appears from
the fact that he received no support,
complimentary or otherwise, in the Re-
a candidate for United States Senator
The dearth of great men among the
Republicans in the State is shown in
the fact that Matthew S. Quay received
every vote in the Republican caucus
with the exception of nine. Detroit
Free Press.
M. S. Quay, the successor to
John l. Mitchell in the United States
Senate was chairman of the pardoning
board that spared Kemble, of addition.
division and silence fame, the merited
disgrace of term in the State peniten-
tiary by convoking the board immedi-
ately upon the passing of sentence upon
him, and rushing a pardon through be-
fore he could be removed TO prison.
The record of this official condoner OF
corruption has not injured his standing
in the party that once boosted of its
''moral ideas" and does not check the
exhuberance of a Chicago organ of the
Republican party brand, which. noting
the nomination of this ringster and po-
litical boss in Pennsylvania and of a
reputable Democrat in Maine, exult-
ingly adds: -'Mr. Quay. viii be taken
and Mr.. Clifford left" For binding
men to the difference between right
and wrong, there is nothing like party
Chicago Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27
The Presidents "Mormonism.v

1t is now asserted by Republican
newspapers. that 1.-THE President is IN
active sympathy with the Momons to
the extent that the Law should be
softened so as not to interfere with. the
crime of polygamy,n land to prove this
they point to the fact that Amelia Fol.
som, who was Brigham Young favorite
wife, is first cousin of Mrs. Cleveland.
As corroborative proof they cite the
circumstance that the last annual mes
sage contains no alluSion to the Nor
mon question. This is all very in
genious, but il; isn't convincing. Be
fore accepting the statement that the
Presidents opinion respecting plura
marriages has undergone complet:
transformation since December, 1885
the public will require more substantial
testimony.-Dubuque Telegraph.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

-"Can you recall the names of those
two friends, my dear" he said to his
wife, "whose affection was so great
that one offered to die for the other?
Da-Da-the first begins with D."
80, yes" said the lady placidly; "you
are thinking of Dan and Beersheba. "
-Harper'S Bazaar.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

CHINANEN generally show great fear of
all kinds of robbers, except Of Norway pie
rats.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

The Albany Journal blaine
Rep feels called on to remark that ga
good MARY of Mr.. Blaine's fool friends
are like frozen dynamite cartridges;
when you warm them up at 3 big din.
ner, they blow the roof of"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27
He Thank His PanAr

Mr.. Editor: 1 was induced by reading
your good paper to try DR.. Harter's Iron
Tonic for debility, liver disorder and scrof-
ula, and three bottles have cured me. 40
cept my thanks. Jos. c. Boggs-Ex.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

CUSTOMER in Restaurant-''Waiter, is this
fish fresh or stales" "Can't you telIl'' "No.'
''TheD what difference does it makelp >
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

"ARE you fond of tongue, sirr' 81 was
always fond Of tongue, madame, and like
it still"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27
b ANSAS CITY. Ian. %

=
FLoUR-Steady; Xxx, Sc: xxx, s1.OOG1. 10;
family. S.15Gl.s5; choice, s1.4G91.5O; fancy,
81 .6U5s1.65; extra fancy. I.709L75; pa
tent. ss.Oo@2.10 10: rye, 8. 3OGe1.50.
WHEAT-Stronger; No. 3 red winter. cash 66c
bid; No. . soft winter, cash, 16c bid; May, SEC
bid, S4sSc asked; No. red winter. cash, 7Is.C
b:1. &c asked; February, 715Sc bid, 71c asked:
March, &c bid; May, 7S5sc bid. 797Sc asked.
Co8N-Firmer: No. ;. cash. SOisc; January,
3Oisc bid. ..3O1:c asked; February, cars 3Ossc:
March. 5000 bu. Bike; May, s44c bid, 34Se
asked; No. white, cash, S3c bid, $3.50 asked:
February. &c bid
3 OATS-No. 2, cash, 27Izc bid special 2Sc asked
January and February, sc asked; May, 2e5sc
bid 3slsc asked
RYE-No bids nor offerings.
PRoDUCE-Butters steady; creamery fancy. sc;
good. sc; fine dairy, 2Oc; roll. choice, 14GI5c
Eggs, steady at 1Sc per dozen for fresh
PRovIsIoNS-Hams. 105<c; breakfast bacon
&c: dried beef, &c; mess pork, s1eo0; fierce
lard. 500: clear rib sides, smoked. as; long
clear, s5.65; shoulders, $50; short clear. 500
CATTLE-Dull; COWS, s2.0012O9; butchers
s3e5G3.7sH; shippers, s3.S0a4-s5.
SHEEP Quiet; good to medium heavy in good
demand - S2.50GS.95: and choice heavy as
high as 800: light, sl.7562.75.
HoGs-Steady; fair 70 good packing, 1890
G70; light sS.75G+10
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

HARVARD boys call the female depart
ment of the university the "Ann X-"-
Burlington Free Press.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

YoUSG Artist-"Well, Charley, what d.
You think ought to get for this painting!'
Chariey-~Six months. "-BostOa Herald.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

A BOUT and shoe shop hangs out the sign:
"Cast IRON lasts" We all know it does,
bat we don't want any boots made of it.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

A SORE THROAT OR COUGH, If suffered to
progress, often results in an incurable
throat or lung trouble. ''Brorn's Bronchial
Troches'' give instant relief. Price % cts
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

A NAME in point is that of Farmer Wheat,
of Bucks County, whose oldest SOC is
named Buek--PhiLadelphid Nsacs
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

1T takes good deal more money to be q
millionaire now than it used to do.-SdH
Francisco Chronicle
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

IT isn't because a woman is exact;
afraid Of cow that she runs away and
scrsams- 1t is because go-ed dresses ara
not fashionable,
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

THE Detroit Free Press heads an item
Down on the Dog" This must have been
freak of nature.-Life
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

THE rooster arranges his notes in order
of the crow-matic scale.-4Herchdnt Trav-
eLsr
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

THE green grocer in London is one who
sefls vegetables. In this cour try be IS oEc
who trusts.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

MAUD s. has a stride of fifteen feet Tha,
Of man lodging his holiday bills is thirty.
-PhiLod<lphid North American.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

THE sweets Of married life should never
be kept in family iars.-Boston Post
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

A DOSE in Time Saves Nine of Hale's Hon.
ey OF Horehound and Tar for coughs.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

II afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's EyeWater. Druggists sell it. 25c.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

TEE Seed Season Is near and reminds You
to write for Vaughan's mammoth new Cat
alogue. See advertisem't in another column.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

A MAN who advertised to restore oil
paintings had stolen them.-TezaS Sitting,
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

The beautifully variegated rooster is the
crow mo- Of the barn-yard
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

LIFE is burdensome, alike to the sufferer
and all around him, while dyspepsia and its
attending evils holds sway. Complaints of
this nature can be speedily cured by tax
ing Prickly Ash Bitters regularly. Thou
sands once thus afflicted now bear cheerful
testimony as to its merits.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

n COMBINATION lock makes a very good
chest protector.-N T. PieauuaG
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

WHEN does man impose upon himself
When he taxes his memory.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27

VHSISOS is two cents a pound in Idaho,
and deer at that-Jeferson City Tribune.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-27
NEW YORK. ian. =

NEW YORK. Jan. ~.
FLOuR-Weak: superfine western and state,
s95Gd3.25; common TO choice white wheat west
ern extra. A751t5.00; western extra s5.1OG5.50;
common 10 choice extra St. Louis, s.. 155I5.40.
WHEAT-A shade lower; No. spring, 93c:
ungraded red, 9l@l941.c; No. red, Ole; No. {
red, 9aG9214c; January, 91zc; February, SIG
sec; March, % 1sG95L.c; April, 941lGt94l &C; May,
IS 5-15G95a4c; June. 9615@961!c; July, &c.
CoRN-Quiet; ungraded 47lsGlSl4c; No. g.
46zc; No =, 4754c; January, 47l:G,47ssc; Febru.
airy, 474G4Sc; March, 4S4G+Ssc; May, $3.50
50lsc.
OATs-Moderately active: mixed western, 50
csc; white western, 3SG42c.
RYE-No market.
BARLEY-No market.
PRoDUCE-Butter, quiet: western, 123L3Oc;
Elgin creamery, Sc. Eggs, firm; western fresh,
29a30c.
PROvISIoNS-Porll. active; mess, S12.2 5(L121 IS
for old; s1a.75 for new. Cut meats, firm; mid
dies, quiet; long clear, CSC; picked hams, 9iac
picked bellies. &c; picked shoulders, size;
smoked shoulders, firm; smoke hams, l0l.G
lie. Lard, moderately active; western steam
spot $685. city steam. $3.50.
CATTLE-Lower; common to prime steers,
s4OoG5.10; extra do, S5.2OG5.31; bulls and dry
cows. s2.4oQ3.6O.
SHEEP-Common to prime. s3.9095.3O; ordt
nary to prime lambs. S.O0G650.
HoGS-Steady ~ s5.O0G5.25.